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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1949
Page
5
Testimony in New York ties five individuals to supplying government papers to Chambers. Names include Hiss and Wadleigh with others like Pigman and Reno cited as involved in a broader Communist espionage inquiry.
In Jefferson City Missouri the senate voted 14 in favor and 9 against an official song bill requiring a majority of 18 to pass. A later reconsideration of the bill was expected.
London reports a major cross nation peace time air and naval drill in the English Channel beginning June 25. Four of the Brussels Pact nations Bri tain France Belgium and the Netherlands participate along with American superfortresses led by Major General Leon Johnson. Naval forces from Britain France Belgium and the Netherlands join, without battleships, to test Western Union defense cooperation through July 3.
The Veterans Administration reports federal grants have funded specially built homes for 1300 paralyzed veterans. The homes feature ramps wide doorways wheelchair access special bathrooms and exercise rooms tailored to each veteran. The VA covers up to 50 percent of the cost as authorized by Congress.
In Worland Wyoming on June 9 thieves stole a car from a garage and quickly used it to skid into a dirt pile. They returned to the same garage and stole a wrecked wrecker. Police later found both vehicle and wrecker stuck in the same dirt pile.
Belfast correspondent William Fannin writes County Attorney George Avery seeking details on how Fannin County acquired its name. He notes a 19th century Texas hero Col James W. Fannin and mentions an immigration link from Georgia as a possible origin. He recalls an American airman named Edward Fannin who visited Belfast during the war.
John J. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers, orders a one week coal mine shutdown starting Monday. The move aims to drain reserves and draw protests from industry and Congress. Talks with southern mine owners resume Monday, but may be canceled until the stoppage ends. The action heightens disputes over Taft-Hartley provisions and anti strike injunctions in Congress.
Officers Training Day for the First Methodist WSCS was held Wednesday morning at the church. Mrs O C Wade presided, lunch was served by chairmen from white linen tables, and gifts of silver were presented to Rev and Mrs Henry Mood. Attending officers included Mesdames Chas Ho Thompson John Anderson Howard South AW Dillard 21D. Butus Evans Henry Youree D Sealer A B Cruice O Wade Jabtherwood T J Croftiter Tom Huffstutler and Joe R Bevans.
Fort Worth markets show cattle trading slow with steers and yearlings in short supply and weak to uneven prices. Cows fall. bulls steady. stockers dull. Calves and killers weak. good slaughter calves rare around 24 dollars per hundredweight. Hogs active with higher butcher hog prices. sows firm and feeder pigs steady. top price around 21.80 per cwt.
Bonham Lions Club hears Buster Cole warn the white race may face a fight for life as India’s poverty, high birth rate, and colonial history fuel resentment toward whites. He says colored peoples outnumber whites and warns of Communist manipulation, urging plans to live with other races. Visitors Shelby Ament and Curtis Thompson attend.
Voters in the Arledge Ridge and Bonham districts prepare for a consolidation vote on July 9 after petitions. County Judge Chotee Moore called the election. A T T Chaney and James Carmichael named election judges for Arledge Ridge and Bonham respectively. Additional ballots in Bantham Ridings Oakland and Ivanhoe districts also seek consolidation on the same day.
City employees worked Wednesday and Thursday to patch small breaks in the asphalt around the square and on streets leading away. The effort is part of the citywide street maintenance program.
A petit jury panel is ordered for Monday in the Sixth District Court to select juries for trial cases. Juries are requested in one or two civil cases set for trial during that week.
The weatherman forecasts continued cloudiness and more rain for much of Texas with little temperature change. Last night heavy rains hit Olton and other areas, three inches with hail. Train delays occurred near Fort Worth and Denver City due to high water. Hail reported in Abnerthy and Muleshoe, with two inches in Lubbock over 24 hours. Rain spread from Dalhart to Beaumont and Houston areas.
A summer recreation program funded by the public schools the City of Dunham and the Community Service Club will launch soon. Ross Baldwin the high school coach will oversee activities including swimming softball tennis and other sports for boys and girls. Swimming is scheduled twice weekly at Bonham State Park with instructors Wesley Farmer Pat Brown and Martha Jou Thicker. A variety of ground activities such as soft ball basketball volley ball tents and perhaps touch football will run three days a week for boys and girls who want to participate.
Noel Barrets and James Campbell will accompany the 4 H group to the annual Round Up at College Station on June 14. Nick Owen and county agents will join the meeting in College Station and stay through the week.
The State Department says American occupation troops in Korea will be withdrawn soon, leaving an augmented military advisory group to train Korean forces. Unofficial reports cite July 1 as the completion date for the withdrawal.
A night of disasters left fifteen dead in separate incidents. In Northville Michigan Mr Cora Neely and four of her nine children perished in a frame home fire. In Sipesville Pennsylvania four Faidley children died trapped in a bedroom fire. parents hospitalized. In St Paul Minnesota firemen died when a warehouse wall collapsed while fighting a blaze. A Nebraska tornado added three deaths and five injuries in Belvidere.
London June 3 Ernest Bevin Britain's foreign secretary warns Russia at the Labour Party conference in Blackpool that peace talks must not mask preparations for war. He hints at unwritten agreements with Russia and urges a end by example, not war, while outlining possible economic talks to bridge issues. Paris June 9 Western Big Three prepare to press Moscow over Berlin blocade as Council of Foreign Ministers meets to discuss strategy.
A fragmented report describes pickets marching before a Russian building in Berlin. The unclear OCR mentions protests, attention to a tense scene, and references to Russian forces and a potential confrontation near an unnamed street.
Weather forecast notes scattered thundershowers across Texas with little temperature change. Expect cool nights around 63 degrees and highs near moderate values. Winds mainly from the east and southeast along the coast.
In Bonham officials and residents clash over a plan to fog the city to combat pests. A proposal would have the city buy a fogging machine or let a private firm handle the operation, with disputes over authority and cost.
The June term docket for the civil court lists multiple cases scheduled across June and July. Entries name plaintiffs and defendants with dates and brief case identifiers though OCR mutes details. Notable items include scheduled hearings on June 16 and 27 and a July 6 proceeding among named parties such as Edna Marie Burgess and Julien W McElvaney.
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